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MELBOURNE, (Reuters) – Australia captain Steven Smith and his team have been warned about risks associated with the Zika virus ahead of their tour of the West Indies next month.

One year after the historic APNU+AFC coalition ended the 22-year PPP/C grip on the presidency, a rash of controversies has raised doubts about the David Granger’s administration stated commitment to good governance while there are also growing questions about its plans for the limp economy.

A Sophia pensioner was fatally stabbed by his cousin following a heated argument during a drinking spree on Saturday night at the Lodge Housing Scheme.

It would be unprecedented for a PPP Congress to be postponed except if an issue of national importance gets in the way, former PPP stalwart Ralph Ramkarran has said, adding that Leader of the Opposition Bharrat Jagdeo and General Secretary Clement Rohee  may not be keen on it being held this year.

The death toll from the horrific Richmond, Essequibo Coast vehicular smash-up has risen to four with a young police recruit succumbing to his injuries early yesterday.

The police will be seeking advice today from the Chambers of the Director of Public Prosecutions before instituting charges against the six suspects in Thursday’s murder of Professor Perry Mars.

President David Granger on Saturday called for a broader national effort in the fight against vector- borne diseases such as zika, malaria, filariasis, chikungunya and dengue.

Most of the weapons found in Saturday’s police raid at the Camp Street Prison were made from debris after the March 3rd riot and fire at the penal facility, Director of Prisons Carl Graham says.

Residents of Little Diamond, East Bank Demerara have had to endure sporadic flooding over the past three weeks because the sluice that regulates the water in the area has not been working “The sluice has a problem and they have to replace the door.

A breach in a dam at Strath Campbell, Mahaicony has flooded acres of land and because of the condition of the area heavy vehicles can’t be transported immediately to fix it.

A Hadfield Street man, who was charged with armed robbery in February, was sentenced by a city magistrate to one year in jail on Friday.

Tambico McKenzie, one of the men who was allegedly run over by a woman who police say he robbed, maintained his innocence on Friday, while saying that he had enough money to buy anything he wanted.

SANTO DOMINGO,  (Reuters) – Dominican Republic President Danilo Medina was poised to win a second term easily yesterday, with early results showing his record of fast economic growth and social projects swayed voters despite accusations of graft.

RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Brazil’s interim president, Michel Temer, said in a televised interview yesterday that he hopes to reduce unemployment and bring economic and political calm to Latin America’s biggest country.

CONAKRY, (Reuters) – Guinea will take legal action against watchdog group Global Witness over a report that said Sable Mining Africa Ltd financed President Alpha Conde’s election campaign in 2010, the president said yesteday.

BOGOTA, (Reuters) – Colombian national police confiscated 8 tonnes of cocaine along the border with Panama, the government said yesterday, in what may be one of the largest seizures in the country in recent years.

About 2130h. last night, the police say that Lennox Norton, 51 years, of South Sophia, was imbibing with a male cousin at Lodge Housing Scheme, Georgetown, when they became involved in an argument during which Norton was stabbed to his abdomen.

(Trinidad Guardian) A week before he and his best friend were shot dead, 22-year-old Jakan Lezama told his pregnant girlfriend Crystal Ramsaran that he did not want any other man raising their child. Lezama

Once high hopes for the David Granger administration have dissipated after a year in office, with various members of civil society expressing disappointment at the government’s performance, saying it has embraced the system it once criticised and the expected transformation has not been delivered.

A thrilling 45-minute ride from Parika, passed by thick forested islands, boats bobbing on the Essequibo River or sunken in a corner, brings you to Good Hope on the Essequibo Coast.